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China’s child obesity problem could be big business for Fashion Industry

Nearly 20% of Chinese children ages 7 to 18 are overweight or obese, up from 2.6% in 1985. Factors driving…

5 years ago

TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia

Leigh McAlea, Head of Communications, from the UK charity, TRAID talks about growing cotton without pesticides in Ethiopia, which has…

5 years ago

NATIONAL cotton deliveries by farmers have reached 120 000 tonnes, surpassing this year’s target by 20 percent

The Government’s Presidential Free Cotton Inputs Scheme has helped the vulnerable marginalised farmers who have been suffering from the high…

6 years ago

Textile industry faces the heat

The exporters are not much optimistic about the implementation of the Rs180 bn export enhancement package announced by prime minister…

6 years ago

Pakistan PSF industry under pressure owing to dumping

Pakistan’s polyester staple fibre industry struggling for its survival as almost a third of total annual installed capacity of around…

7 years ago

Pakistan offers $1.7 bln in incentives to revive its textile industry

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced a package of incentives worth 180 billion rupees ($1.72 billion) after a meeting with top…

7 years ago

Supply crunch soars cotton prices

The supply crunch in the textile industry had driven up prices higher than international prices and since the traders are…

7 years ago

LOC strife freezes India-Pak trade

Cotton importers and customs clearing agents claim a huge trade halt between India and Pakistan. The Department of Plant Protection…

7 years ago

Acrylonitrile price jumps on tight supply

Asian acrylonitrile markers, CFR Far East Asia and Southeast Asia rose US$5 a ton in the first week of September.…

8 years ago

Pak textile owners divert focus into fast growing retail markets

The textile manufacturers are expanding into retail markets as textile manufacturing and exports have become unviable owing to a steep…

8 years ago